One of our favorite family events since 1994 is Paint The Town in Morrison, Illinois. "For one Saturday, each September, Morrison’s downtown is transformed into an outdoor canvas for hundreds of amateur artists of all ages who gather to Paint the Town. The Children’s Art Preservation Association created this unique family art event as a way for the community to participate in the arts together, as families and individuals. The focus of the event is the painting of five- foot squares on and around Morrison’s Main Street. The number of squares painted has grown steadily since the event’s debut in 1994, when 250 squares were painted to the nearly 2000 squares that have been painted in recent years.. More than 6,000 attend the event annually to enjoy the painting, variety of entertainment, and great food."

My brother, R. Joe Brandon, has created videos document various years of Paint the Town including a massive mural that I designed and coordinated the work of 26 family members in 2009. Paint The Town is sponsored by the Children's Art Preservation Association, a group that is a prime example of the pride that Morrison takes in Art Education.

Here are some of my paintings from previous years of Paint the Town

Tempera on glass, backed by inked mylar.

Recursive me! Tempera, mirrors, drawings, prints. If you stood on the X painted on the ground in front of the window, you would appear reflected in the rectangular mirror and it looked like the painted me was painting you!